Ruminations and Fulminations

Signs That Vikings’ Poor Play May Be Impacting Stadium Push At Capitol

For a long time, I’ve maintained that the quality of the Vikings’ play has almost no impact on the team’s push for a state subsidy to finance a new stadium. But recent developments at the State Capitol are causing me to reconsider that opinion:

• Following yesterday’s twelfth loss of the season, Vikings stadium bill is now being considered as part the Omnibus Homeless Assistance Act.

• During a recent heated exchange on the House floor, a legislator was heard to be bitterly calling his opponent a “Loadholt.”

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3 thoughts on “Signs That Vikings’ Poor Play May Be Impacting Stadium Push At Capitol”

Joe Lovelandsays:

Strib’s Souhan:

“The Vikings are in danger of becoming the guy who undergoes plastic surgery and wakes up to find he still hates his nose.

Losing can be healthy, but only if, while losing, your team builds around, or replaces, the right people. With just two games remaining, the Vikings have little reason to feel confident in the two most important people on any NFL team: the head coach and quarterback.”

Okay, but when 15,000 turn out for a Timberwolves exhibition and thousands more for an afternoon semi-scrimage, you know that hope lives, and this community is powerfully attracted to the prospect and entertainment value of sport performed competitively. Sadly, the current Vikings are a mis-managed abomination. What I found somewhat disconcerting in the proposal is even though it’s said the Wilf’s private contribution–in part subsidized by the NFL– is one of the greatest, the taxpayer contribution would also be one of the greatest.